Luggage-carrier.



A. T. REED.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

A'PPLICATIOH FILED FEB. 27, 19I5.

1,141,094, Patented May 25, 1915.

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ALLEN r. REED, or BYEBS, mxasl LUGGAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters I Patent. A Patented May 25, 19 1 56Application filed February27, 1915. I Serial 1%. 11,078.

Byers, in the county of Clay and State of.

Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.Luggage-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to' make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in luggage.carriers for automobiles and the object in view is to produce a simpleand. efficient device of this nature designed to be attached to therunning board of the vehicle and affording means for holding a grip orother baggage.

My invention comprises various details of construction, combinations andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shownin the accompany ing drawings andthen specifically defined in theappended claim.

I illustrate the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my invention,and Fig.

2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the devicedetached'from therunning board.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, Adesignate two angle irons, each of which has-at its lower end acurved-shaped clamp carrying member B carrying a clampC which cooperateswith the member to hold the irons upon the running board of anautomobile. Fastened to each angle iron is a bar D at right anglesthereto and which ,bars serve as an extensible means for he device andwhich.

are clamped frictio ally intermediate the two plates F and Hya suitablethumb screw? I passing through the two plates and adapt ed to hold thesamein clamping relation withsaid bars. It willbe noted that the bar Fislonger than the bar H and afi'ords 5O means for preventing the objectbeing car ried from passing between the angle irons A. Projecting atright angles from each angle iron is a bar N and in a plane at rightangles to the barslD and which serve to hold gbjects from movinglengthwise of the foot oard.

By the provision of an apparatus cmbodying the features of my invention,it 7 will" be noted that a simple and efficient ineans'is affordedwhereby objects may be conveniently carried upon the running boards ofautomobiles, the parts being adapted for use with various size packagesto be carried.

What Iclaim to be new is v A luggage carrier for automobiles comprisingupright members and means for fastening the same to the running board ofan automobile, bars projecting toward each other from said members,clamping plates adapted to engage said bars, a thumb screw engaging theplates, and other bars" projecting from said members.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

G. W. BYERs,f. IRA L. WRIGHT.

